March, 2015

If people thought vegans were crazy before, just wait until they hear about this one….

So about a week ago Goose Wohlt posted on the What Fat Vegans Eat Facebook page that you can save the brine from a can of chickpeas, beat it like mad with an electric mixer (handheld or standing), add some sugar, and boom! Vegan meringue! Crazy right? Now we’ve all just gone completely insane playing around with said meringue making things from pavlovas to macarons to pies. There’s even another group for the hits and misses of various uses of chickpea meringue!

The first time we whipped up some chickpea meringue, my mom was double dog dared (the ultimate dare) by the lovely Somer McCowan of Vedged Out and I couldn’t have been more excited to try it. We played it simple and just whipped it up with some sugar and vanilla, popped it in the oven for a couple hours, and ended up with such light and airy little meringues. They were delicious and as far as I can remember, just like an eggy meringue! Being a science major, I was absolutely amazed that this was even possible!